Category Archives: Courses

Kadir Has University shall host an International Law of the Sea Summer Academy, 21 July-6 August 2025, Istanbul (Türkiye). For more information see here.

The IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) is hosting the 2025 edition of its Course on Peaceful Settlement of Maritime Disputes and Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries. The Course seeks to provide a comprehensive introduction to, and an analysis of, various international maritime dispute settlement mechanisms as well as the boundary-making process and the alternative arrangements available to States, including provisional measures. Applications are open until 4 April 2025. More information is available here.

Gujarat Maritime University (GMU) will host the GMU Academy on Seabed Governance, 1-6 March 2025, online.  Fees are waived for foreign participants. For more information see here. 

UNEP-MAP and MEPIELAN Centre, in cooperation with EPLO, will host a training school, entitled, Sustainable Marine Governance in The Mediterranean, 5 – 10 May 2025, online. Applicants are welcome until 4 April 2025. For more information see here.

The International Foundation for the Law of the Sea (IFLOS) shall host the 2025 Session of the IFLOS Summer Academy, 13 July – 8 August 2025, at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Hamburg, Germany). Applications are welcome 1 February – 31 March 2025. For more information, see here. A limited number of scholarships and travel grants are available to help participants access this unique learning experience.

The Centre for International Law (CIL) of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) of the University of Wollongong shall host the 2025 edition of their workshop, Maritime Boundary Delimitation, 24-26 February 2025 at NUS (Singapore). For more information see here.

The 2025 session of the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy has been scheduled for 22 June – 11 July 2025. The deadline to submit an application is 22 April 2025. For more information, fees and application documents please see here. The Academy has a small number of extremely competitive scholarships available that are offered based on high academic merit and financial need. An International Cable Protection Committee Writing Award is also usually offered, the winner of which is awarded a full scholarship to the Rhodes Academy.

The ITLOS-Nippon Foundation Capacity-Building and Training Programme on Dispute Settlement under UNCLOS, July 2025 – March 2026, to be held at ITLOS (Hamburg, Germany), is welcoming applications until 6 March 2025. For more information see the flyer and website. 

Programme TIDM–Nippon Foundation de renforcement des capacités et de formation 2025-2026

Les personnes intéressées au Programme TIDM-Nippon Foundation de renforcement des capacités et de formation en matière de règlement des différends relatifs à la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer, qui se tiendra au TIDM (Hambourg, Allemagne) de juillet 2025 à mars 2026, sont invitées à soumettre leur candidature jusqu’au 6 mars 2025. Pour de plus amples informations, veuillez consulter la brochure et le site Internet. 

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law will host the next edition of their short course, entitled, Law of the Sea, 4-5 December 2024, in a hybrid format (London/Online). For more information see here.

The application process for the 2025 United Nations Regional Course in International Law for Latin America and the Caribbean is now open. The deadline for applications is 20 December 2024. The course is organized by the Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs in cooperation with the Government of Chile and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). It is open to candidates from the Member States of the United Nations that are members of the Latin American and Caribbean Group. The course will be held at the facilities of ECLAC in Santiago (Chile), from 23 April to 16 May 2025. The curriculum will include seminars on topics of particular interest to the region, including law of the sea. Further information in the brochure and application form.

The World Bank will organise an Ocean Governance Capacity Building Training Program tailored to participants working in the Asian region, conducted online with a self-paced e-learning course and live sessions. Applications are welcome until 3 November 2024.

The Korea Maritime Institute is hosting the 11th Yeosu Academy of the Law of the Sea, 21 October – 1 November 2024, in Yeosu (Republic of Korea). Applications are welcome until 11 August 2024. Applicants should be from developing countries and be engaged in maritime related work. For more information see here.

IPDM – Instituto Português de Direito do Mar shall host its second edition of the Law of the Sea Summer School on 1-12 July 2024, in Cascais (Portugal). For more information on the programme, see here.

The International Ocean Institute – Southern Africa (IOI-SA) is hosting its annual 4-week Ocean Governance Training Programme from 4-29 November 2024 in Cape Town (South Africa). The course focuses on Africa and emphasises the benefits of harmonising ocean policies to promote a shared, integrated and common approach to ocean management. Deadline for registration is 28 June 2024. More information is available here.

Kadir Has University shall host an International Law of the Sea Summer Academy, 22 July-8 August 2024, Istanbul (Türkiye). For more information see here.

The tenth edition of the EULoS Summer School, European Union and the Law of the Sea, will be held 26 August – 6 September 2024, in Genoa, Italy. Applications are welcome on a rolling basis. For more information see the EULoS website.

The 2024 Session of the Philippine International Law of the Sea Academy (PHILSEA) is open for applications until Sunday, 2 June 2024 . PHILSEA 2024 is an intensive academic capacity-building training programme to be held from 12-27 July 2024 that aims to strengthen the intellectual and practical aptitude of Filipinos (with limited slots for Non-Filipinos) on the law of the sea. It comprises 26 training lectures, a case study, and a navigation workshop. The initiative is endorsed by and in partnership with the Legal Education Board of the Philippines, the Philippine Association of Law Schools, and the Association of Law Students of the Philippines. See further here.

The Centre for International Law (CIL) of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) of the University of Wollongong shall host the 2024 edition of their workshop, Maritime Boundaries Delimitation, 27–29 February 2024 at NUS (Singapore). For more information see here.

The International Foundation for the Law of the Sea (IFLOS) shall host the 2024 Session of the IFLOS Summer Academy, 28 July–24 August 2024, at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Hamburg, Germany). Applications are welcome 1 February–15 April 2024. For more information, see here.

The ITLOS-Nippon Foundation Capacity-Building and Training Programme on Dispute Settlement under UNCLOS, July 2024 – March 2025, to be held at ITLOS (Hamburg, Germany), is welcoming applications until 15 March 2024. For more information see the flyer and website. 

Programme TIDM–Nippon Foundation de renforcement des capacités et de formation 2024-2025

Les personnes intéressées au Programme TIDM-Nippon Foundation de renforcement des capacités et de formation en matière de règlement des différends relatifs à la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer, qui se tiendra au TIDM (Hambourg, Allemagne) de juillet 2024 à mars 2025, sont invitées à soumettre leur candidature jusqu’au 15 mars 2024. Pour de plus amples informations, veuillez consulter la brochure et le site Internet. 

Gujarat Maritime University (GMU) will host its 5th GMU Academy on International Fisheries Law, 29 Jan-3 Feb 2024, online. Fees are waived for foreign participants. For more information see here and registration here.

The World Bank, in partnership with the University of Melbourne Law School, the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations, the International Seabed Authority, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the Center for Maritime and Oceanic Law at the University of Nantes shall host an Ocean Governance Capacity Building Training Program, tailored in 2024 for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region, with a mandatory e-learning course in early 2024 followed by live sessions scheduled for 6-23 May 2024. Applications are welcome until 11 February 2024. The training program will take place in both English and Spanish and an information webinar will take place on 6 February 2024 (link in the call for applications). For more information see here.

The application process for the 2024 United Nations Regional Course in International Law for Latin America and the Caribbean is now open. The deadline for applications is 22 December 2023. The course is organized in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Chile and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). It is open to candidates from the Member States of the United Nations that are members of the Latin American and Caribbean Group. The course will be held at the facilities of ECLAC in Santiago, from 16 May to 7 June 2024. The curriculum will include seminars on topics of particular interest to the region, including law of the sea. Further information in the brochure and application form.

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law will host the next edition of their short course, entitled, Law of the Sea, 30 November – 1 December 2023, in a hybrid format (London/Online). 3 scholarships are available at BIICL. For more information see here.

NGO Law for Palestine (L4P), together with academic partners Centro interdipartimentale di Ricerca sull’Adriatico e il Mediterraneo (CiRAM) of the University of Macerata (Italy), the International Centre for Ocean Governance (ICOG) of the Western Sydney University (Australia), the Brazilian Institute for the Law of the Sea (BILOS) (Brazil), the National Center for the Sea and Maritime Law (DEHUKAM) of the Ankara University (Türkiye), and with the association ASCOMARE, is organizing a High Level Online Training Course on the Law of the Sea and Palestine-Israel. The workshops will benefit from the active participation and contribution of Law of the Sea academics and practitioners, including experts from Palestine, Egypt and Lebanon. The initiative will contribute to building capacity and knowledge-sharing among Palestinian and international scholars and researchers with the view of filling the institutional gap existing in Palestinian Universities with regard to the teaching of the Law of the Sea and related matters. The course will run from July 17 to August 7. Registration deadline is July 15, 2023. More information is available here.

The Korea Maritime Institute is hosting the 10th Yeosu Academy of the Law of the Sea, 24 October – 3 November 2023, in Yeosu (Republic of Korea). Applications are welcome until 20 August 2023. Applicants should be from countries on the DAC List of ODA Recipients by OECD, and applicants should be those “who are interested in the oceans or are engaged in maritime related work”. For more information see here.

The Ateneo Society of International Law announced the launch of the Philippine International Law of the Sea Academy. The course consists of an intensive 24-hour training course on the law of the sea comprising 12 modules. The course takes place July 1-16, 2023. Registration is open until 28 June 2023. Further information is available here; the primer of the event can be found here.

The ninth edition of the EULoS Summer School, European Union and the Law of the Sea, will be held 28 August – 8 September 2023, in Genoa, Italy. Applications are welcome on a rolling basis. For more information see the EULoS website.

Kadir Has University shall host the fifth session of the KHAS International Law of the Sea Summer Academy, 24 July–4 August 2023, at the Kadir Has University Faculty of Law (Istanbul, Türkiye). For more information see here.

IPDM – Instituto Português de Direito do Mar shall host its inaugural Law of the Sea Summer School, 3-14 July 2023, in Cascais (Portugal). The first week will be lectured in Portuguese and the second week in English. For more information and registration see here and the programme.

The ITLOS-Nippon Foundation Capacity-Building and Training Programme on Dispute Settlement under UNCLOS, July 2023 – March 2024, to be held at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Hamburg, Germany), is welcoming applications until 31 March 2023.

For more information see the flyer and website.

Programme TIDM– Nippon Foundation de renforcement des capacités et de formation 2023-2024

Les personnes intéressées au Programme TIDM-Nippon Foundation de renforcement des capacités et de formation en matière de règlement des différends relatifs à la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer, qui se tiendra au TIDM (Hambourg, Allemagne) de juillet 2023 à mars 2024, sont invitées à soumettre leur candidature jusqu’au 31 mars 2023.

Pour de plus amples informations, veuillez consulter la brochure et le site Internet.

The University of the Faroe Islands and the Centre for International Law of the National University of Singapore will be co-organizing the 2023 Summer Academy on the Continental Shelf on 7-13 May 2023, in Singapore. This course is designed for government officials, researchers, practitioners, and advanced graduate students with particular interest for scientific and legal aspects relating to the continental shelf. The course confers particular focus on the intricate legal and technical conditions governing the entitlement to and establishment of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles, and on the delimitation of overlapping entitlements to such areas. Emphasis will therefore be given to Articles 76 and 83 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Annex II thereto. More information is available here.

The International Foundation for the Law of the Sea (IFLOS) shall host the 2023 Session of the IFLOS Summer Academy, 30 July – 25 August 2023, at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Hamburg, Germany). Applications are welcome until 15 April 2023. For more information, see here.

The Singapore Cooperation Programme, under the auspices of the Japan-Singapore Partnership Programme for the 21st Century (JSPP21), shall host an online course, entitled, Climate Change & Law of the Sea, 6-10 March 2023. Nominations (mid- to senior-level government officials who work on issues related to the Law of the Sea) from eligible countries are welcome until 10 February 2023. For more information see here.

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law will host the next edition of their short course, entitled, Law of the Sea, 18 April 2023 – 6 June 2023, online. 3 scholarships are available at BIICL. For more information see here.

The Centre for International Law (CIL) of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) of the University of Wollongong shall host the 2022 edition of their workshop, Maritime Boundary Delimitation: The Interplay between Geography and International Law, 6-8 December 2022, at NUS (Singapore). For more information see here.

The Inter University Centre of Dubrovnik (Croatia) is hosting a course entitled International Maritime and Transport Law – Transport Law De Lege Ferenda. The course takes place 5-9 September 2022. Applications are open here; more information is available here and in the course program.

The Korea Maritime Institute is hosting the 9th Yeosu Academy of the Law of the Sea, 24 October – 4 November 2022, in Yeosu (Republic of Korea). Applications are welcome until 21 August 2022. Applicants should be from developing countries and those who are “engaged in maritime-related work”. No fees apply. For more information see here.

The Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research,  International Ocean Institute (IOI) and German Development Institute (DIE) shall host a virtual training course, entitled, Ocean Governance for Sustainable Marine Ecosystems, 19-30 September 2022. Applications are welcomed until 15 July 2022, and applications from scholars from “tropical countries” are especially welcomed. For more information see here.

The Jean Monnet Chair on International and European Law of the Sea (IELoS) shall host the eight edition of the EULoS Summer School, European Union and the Law of the Sea, 29 August – 9 September 2022, in Genoa, Italy. Applications are welcome on a rolling basis.

For more information see the EULoS website.

Kadir Has University in Istambul (Turkey) is hosting this years edition of its international law of the sea summer academy on 18-29 June 2022. The theme is the 40 years of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Registration is now open with early application deadline by 15 May 2022; the program and further information is available here.

The International Foundation for the Law of the Sea (IFLOS) shall host the 2022 Session of the IFLOS Summer Academy, 7 August – 2 September 2022, at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Hamburg, Germany). Applications are welcome until 15 May 2022.

For more information, see here.

The 2022 session of the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy has been scheduled for 3-22 July 2022. The deadline to submit an application is 29 April 2022. For more information, fees and application documents please see here. The Academy has a small number of extremely competitive scholarships available that are offered based on high academic merit and financial need.

Furthermore, see the Rhodes Academy Submarine Cables Writing Award sponsored by The International Cable Protection Committee the winner of which is awarded a full scholarship to the Rhodes Academy. Information on the 2022 Rhodes Academy Submarine Cables Writing Award is not yet available.

The IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) is hosting a Course on the Law of Ports. This course emphasizes the importance of the work of the IMO for the efficient management of ports and the effective implementation by States of their obligations acquired under international treaties. It addresses many aspects of port operations, as well as numerous areas covered by IMO conventions and prescriptions which are of vital importance to the Law of Ports, including security, safety, marine environment protection, and trade facilitation. Applications are open until 25 January 2022. More information is available here.

The Singapore Cooperation Programme shall host an online course, entitled, Law of the Sea and Climate Change, 7-11 February 2022. Nominations (mid- to senior-level government officials working in port and maritime-related roles) from eligible countries are welcome until 10 January 2022.

For more information see here.

The Korea Maritime Institute is hosting the 8th Yeosu Academy of the Law of the Sea, 6-15 December 2021, online. Applications are welcome until 21 November 2021. Applicants should be from countries on the DAC List of ODA Recipients by OECD and no fees apply.

For more information see the brochure and here.